Example sentences of "[noun] he tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My guess is they came for some of Connie Fraser 's clothes , found the place upside down and me on the floor , then when they reported to Bonanza he told 'em to forget about the clothes . ’ |
| 2 | At a meeting of the Cairngorm Club he told a hushed audience ‘ For every few steps I took I heard a crunch as if someone was walking after me but taking steps three or four times the length of my own . |
| 3 | At yesterday 's installation ceremony he told the audience : ‘ I adopted Middlesbrough and it now turns out Middlesbrough has adopted me . ’ |
| 4 | In Three Men in a Boat he tells how , having gone through a medical dictionary at the British Museum — to check if he had hayfever — he decided he had everything in the book except housemaids knee . |
| 5 | With some force he told von Knobelsdorf , the Crown Prince 's Chief-of-Staff , that it would be pointless pursuing the attacks on the Mort Homme until Côte 304 was finally conquered . |
| 6 | What actually happened was my a friend of mine or really was a friend of mine for a short time , he he was in the company when I joined , and er after two months he told me he was leaving . |
| 7 | In the 1629 session he told the Commons that ‘ religion offers itself to your first consideration at this time ’ , and reproached the Speaker for undue readiness to obey the king 's orders . |
| 8 | On 5 November 1946 Pethick-Lawrence commented on their ‘ political immaturity ’ , and again on 9 December he told the Cabinet that : ‘ We are dealing with a body politically immature , singularly lacking in experience of the outside world , and with no appreciation of the weakness of Burma or of the difficulties … she is likely to face . ’ |
| 9 | On 8 December he told his ministers that he had blundered by treating the election as a referendum and would not make the same mistake again . |
| 10 | George , not unlike his subject , has spent about half his life in Ireland west , north and south he tells me I said why not Dublin and he says that 's what I meant |
| 11 | For example , in his verbal sparring which he has with Bajazeth before their battle he tells him that ‘ every common soldier of my army shall smile to see thy miserable state ’ . |
| 12 | Second he tells us that the classical paradises , which you can read about it in ancient authors , none of them are as fine as the Garden of Eden . |
| 13 | He erm such a farce he told Nigel off for showing showing off . |
| 14 | Tuesday : In hushed tones he tells Alex Allan , the civil servant in charge of Number 10 , that the marriage is finally over . |
| 15 | Macari threw the corroding garment down in full view of the club 's directors he told them it reflected the state of their club . |
| 16 | The old man asked about her job ; in exchange he told her a little about himself . |
| 17 | Going down the second fairway he told me he 'd lost his yardage book and asked me what I thought his second shot was . |
| 18 | I knew that for him The Fat Controller confirmed it — I was his Wolf Man , his Anna O. He told me as much . |
| 19 | When I went to the linesman he told me to clear off . |
| 20 | Though he does not actually tell us much about Eddie he tells us that Eddie could be involved in something bloody . |
| 21 | At his first diocesan conference he told them his idea of a bishop 's job . |
| 22 | On two occasions during this period he told at least four people that money had been found by her body . |
| 23 | When he 'd started regaining his confidence he told us that he 'd taken over from Terry in the endless arguments with David Jacobsen . |
| 24 | But er he , he ca n't wait to get back , well he says he 's now ten days to ten days he told me . |
| 25 | ‘ After a few weeks he told her he was going home , and asked her to go with him . |
| 26 | When Wickham met him that evening he told a tale that shook the MacQuillan empire to its core . |
| 27 | When morning came she was too ill with the poison to move and despite her weak protests he told her he would watch over her , for no eagle should be prey to gull or crow . |
| 28 | In front of stunned mourners he told grieving widow Linsay Robinson to ‘ pay up or else ’ . |
| 29 | At that first meeting he told me something about himself . |
| 30 | In his feedback meeting he told teachers : ‘ I see it as a self-appraisal and not an inspection . |